Side delivery autographic register



March 29, 1938. L. JENSEN 2,112,671

SIDE DELIVERY AUTOGRAPHIC R EGISTER Filed Feb. 24. 1936 3 Sheets-Sheet l 0 102525 Jvzsezr March 29, 19380 L. JENSEN SIDE DELIVERY AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Feb. 24, 1936 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 24. 1956 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 7 .L. z a 00, mmm w g. y w y 9 n a 2 Patented Mar. 29, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFECE Louis Jensen, Chicago, Ill., assignor to United Autograp-hic Register 00., Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application February 24, 1936, Serial No. 65,482

4 Claims.

This invention relates to autographic registers and more particularly to an improved feeding and aligning device for an autographic register of the side delivery type.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an improved feeding and aligning device in an autographic register having a supplycompartment and a record-compartment in which is filed a record slip having original en tries thereon while carbon copies are issued from an opening in the side wall of the machine.

In machines of this character a lateral delivery chute is usually disposed between the two compartmentsand the feeding device is usually disposed above the chute. Accordingly,v it will be understood that any satisfactory feeding device must not occupy much head room or the machine will be unduly high.

Heretofore, side delivery registers have been provided, as exemplified by my Patent No. 1,873,- 593,v issued August 23, 1932, with feed mechanism having narrow feed disks in alignment with the register perforations in the stationery, and alignment was accomplished: by loss of traction on the strips when the perforations reached the grip of the rolls. With that typeof" feed device, special restarting mechanism was required and difiiculty was encountered in initially loading the machines, unless special register pins were provided for'that, purpose. In the present invention the feed-rolls operate independently of any register perforations and the aligning means which include jogging fingers serves to position the stationery properly during the loading operation.

The invention is illustrated in the preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a broken perspective view of an open side delivery autographic register embodying the invention; Fig. 2, a broken longitudinal sectional view of the feeding and aligning mechanism, taken as indicated at line 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the mechanism in a different position; Fig. 4, a broken transverse sectional view taken as indicated at line 4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a broken longitudinal sectional view taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6, a perspective View of one of the slotted channel members which carries a jogging finger.

In the embodiment illustrated, A designates a register casing provided with a platen A, a. supply-compartment A a record-compartment A and a lateral delivery chute A B, feed mechanism having an upper feed roll mounted in a housing B; and C, aligning mechanism.

The casing A is practically identically shown in my Patent No. 1,873,593, and has its platen A hinged to one side of the register so that it may be raised to permit access to the supplycompartment A The rear of the platen may be provided with a suitable guide mechanism or tension device I over which stationery strips 8 may be drawn from a zigzag folded packet. in the supply-compartment. The platen and ten sion device is ordinarily enclosed by a skeleton cover 9 which is hinged to one side wall of the casing as indicated at H) and is provided with a latch ll. Preferably the record-compartment A is provided with a hinged cover l2 which may be locked in closed position by a suitable lock I3. The lateral delivery chute A is disposed beneath the feed mechanism B and is shaped somewhat like a cornucopia so that an underlying stationery strip projected therethrough by means of a feed mechanism will be projected. out through a side wall of the casing and will be understood from my above patent.

As best shown in Figures 2-5, inclusive, the

feed mechanism B comprises a lower feed roll M which is journalled in the side walls of the casing and is provided with the central feed drum 15. As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the

feed roll is provided at one end with aspur gear I6 which meshes with an idler gear I! which, in turn, meshes with a driving cam gear l8 which is mounted on a crank shaft l9; As shown in Fig. 1, the crank shaft is provided with a crank 28 which is automatically engaged by locking mechanism 2! so that rotation of the crank will be stopped automatically after each complete revolution. The locking mechanism is similar to that shown in my above patent and need not be described in detail.

An upper feed roll shaft 22 is journalled in the housing B which is pivoted to the casing at 23. The journal members in the housing are slotted and provided with springs 24 to yieldingly urge feed drums 25 into contact with stationery resting on the drum l5 when the housing is held in a position shown in Fig. 4 by means of a releasable catch 26. The lower feed roll shaftilill-is provided at one end with a spur gear 21 which meshes with the spur gear 28 fixed to the upper feed roll shaft 22. The gears are matched so that the drums l5 and 25 will rotate in opposite directions with the same peripheral speed.

The upper feed roll shaft 22 extends laterally from the housing B and is adapted to be raised from contact with the stationery by means of a bell crank lever 29 which is pivotally mounted on the casing at 30. The lower end of the crank 29 is provided with a roller 3| which rides upon a cam 32 and thereby causes the stationery feeding to be arrested momentarily during each revolution of the shaft IS.

The aligning mechanism, which also serves to complete the last portion of the advance of a form length before the crank becomes locked, is shown with channel-like members 33 slidably supported on capped studs 34 provided on cross plate 35 which is secured to the side walls of the machine. The edge portions of the channel members are provided with slots 36 which are adapted to be engaged by upwardly extending arms 31 provided on a rock shaft 38. Within the casing, one end of the shaft is provided with an operating arm 39 provided with an outwardly extending stud 40 projecting through a slot 4| in the casing, into engagement with a cam 42 fixed to a cam gear 43 which is pivotally mounted on the casing at 44 and is driven by the idler gear IT. The arm 39 has anupward extension 45 to which is connected a tension spring 46 which urges the stud 40 into engagement with the cam 42. Thus it will be understood that rotation of the cam gear 43 will cause the slide member 33 to be reciprocated in timed relation to the movement of the feed mechanism. The front end portions of the channel members 33 are provided with jogging fingers 41 which are urged upwardly into engagement with register perforations by means of tension springs 48 which are connected to downward extensions 49 of the slide members 33.

When the crank is in the locked position shown in Fig. 1, the jogging fingers 41 are in the position shown in Fig. 3 and facilitate proper loading of the stationery. After a set of forms has been filled in, the crank 20 is given one complete revolution. This action will cause the slide members 33 to be drawn rearwardly by the arms 31 and the stationery will be advanced slightly less than a form length by feed drums I5 and 25. At this point the bell crank 29 will raise the upper feed roll shaft 22 and the jogging fingers will be projected forwardly from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 3. This action will permit the fingers to engage perforations in the stationery and complete the advance of the form to a registed writing position. The top or original form will be projected into the compartment A and the carbon copy will be projected into the delivery chute A where it may be severed on its line of weakening by drawing the same against a tear-ofi edge 50 shown in Fig. 3.

To load the machine initially the cover 9 and the platen A are swung upwardly and a zigzag folded packet of stationery is placed in the supply-compartment A then draped around the tensioning or guiding mechanism 1 over the platen A, in interleaved relation with carbon strips 5|, and impaled by jogging fingers 4'! which are in the position indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. The housing member B may then be latched in the position shown in Fig. 4 and after the skeleton cover 9 is closed the machine is ready for use. If desired, more than one Strips of stationery 8 are strip may be projected into the chute by initially placing their ends beneath a divider bar 52, or, if desired, additional copies may be projected into the record-compartment by starting them over the divider bar 52, as will be readily understood.

The foregoing detailed description is given for clearness of understanding only, and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible in view of the prior art.

I claim:

1. An autographic register comprising: a casing provided with a platen, a supply-compartment, a record-compartment, and a laterally open delivery chute between said compartments; feed ing mechanism in said casing above said chute for projecting an upper strip into the record-compartment and a lower strip through the chute comprising a lower feed roll, an upper feed roll yieldingly urged towards the lower feed roll by means of a spring, means for driving said lower feed roll and periodically lifting said upper feed roll so as to advance the strips less than a formlength; and longitudinally reciprocal aligning means having fingers adapted to engage perforations in the stationery and move forwardly to advance and project the lower strip through said laterally open delivery chute.

2. A device as specified in claim 1, in which the driving means comprises a crank shaft geared to the lower feed roll, said shaft being equipped with cam-means for actuating a bell crank adapted to raise one end of the upper feed roll against the pressure of the spring.

3. A device as specified in claim 1, in which a cam-gear is provided to operate the aligning means, a crank shaft is also provided with a camgear for raising one end of the upper feed roll against the pressure of the spring, the lower feed roll is. provided with a driving gear, and an idler gear is provided in mesh with both of said camgears and driving gear so that all will be operated in timed relation.

4. An autographic register comprising: a casing provided with a platen, a supply-compartment, a record-compartment, and a laterally open delivery chute between said compartments; feeding mechanism in said casing above said chute for projecting an upper strip into the record-compartment and a lower strip through the chute comprising a lower feed roll, an upper feed roll yieldingly urged towards the lower feed roll by means of a spring, means for driving said lower feed roll and periodically lifting said upper feed roll against the pressure of the spring so as to advance the strips less than a form-length; and aligning means comprising a pair of jogging fingers pivotally mounted in slotted channel members slidably mounted beneath said platen, a rock shaft having upwardly extending arms adapted to engage the slots in said channel members to reciprocate same, and cam-means for rocking said shaft forwardly when the upper feed roll is raised so that the fingers engage perforations in the strips to align and complete the feed a f orm-length and project the lower strip through said underlying chute.

LOUIS JENSEN. 

